What's happening in the news in Folkestone this week?

You may have seen him around the town. Well, he's Peter Phillips, Folkestone's first Town Sprucer. But more money is needed for scheme to continue.

The Leas Lift in Folkestone is to start charging extra for buggies sparking anger among parents.

Two separate crashes took place within 10 minutes of each other on same stretch of road in Folkestone yesterday. Minor injuries were sustained.

Heads were turned when a woman was spotted taking a walk... with a full-size Dalek from Doctor Who.

An ultrasound machine worth £60,000 stolen from a car has been discovered in a field.

Organisers have confirmed the Folkestone Airshow will return in 2014 but still need the public's help to make sure enough funding is in place.

More than 30 pupils from the Pent Valley Technology College in Folkestone have been sent home in a crackdown on school uniform.

Plumes of smoke from a fire in Boulogne on Sunday evening were visible from Folkestone, more than 25 miles away.

Firefighters were called to an incident at Princes Gate flats in Folkestone last night, in another suspected arson attack.

Circus and theatre group Acrojou will be rolling their Wheelhouse into Folkestone for a special party this weekend

A pair of Frenchmen made aviation history today after completing the world's first cross-channel electric air balloon flight.

Alert bank staff stopped a conman from stealing a 77-year-old woman's life savings.

Students from Folkestone have taken to the road in the US... with a cardboard cut-out of government minister Eric Pickles.

A spurned lover - who only stopped raining knife blows on his ex when restrained by stunned shopkeepers - has been jailed for 13 years.

Eurotunnel and Eurostar passengers in Kent have been suffering long delays this afternoon because of a power supply problem in the Channel Tunnel.

A customer has reported a disco ball falling onto his table as he sat outside a coffee shop.

A woman prayed for her life as a rapist - now behind bars for nearly five years - attacked her.

A pensioner was left shaken and with a swollen face after a "cowardly thug" punched him to the ground and stole from his home.

A brother has spoken of his relief after learning his sister is alive, after her car flipped over in Folkestone last night.